Episode 169: Make sure your child is reading in first grade. (Wed., Sept.25, 2024)

Episode 169: Make sure your child is reading in first grade. (Wed., Sept.25, 2024)--K-12 is polluted by bad reading theories. They are killing the country. And if you let them, they will cripple your kid.Maybe you think the education professors are nice guys lost in the woods, that's why they prefer bad theories. No, it's not possible. The arguments and counter-arguments are too well-known. Sight-words rarely work. Phonics has always worked. Give the gift of phonics.----------------------------------------------------------Listen to PODCAST or read TRANSCRIPT.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For a 2-page explanation of how everyone can help,visit  Education Reform  When you need a smart gift, give Saving K-12 .-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Word-Wise Education757-455-5020Bruce Deitrick Price----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bio: Bruce Deitrick Price is a novelist, artist, poet, and education reformer. (For a list of literary titles, visit Lit4u.com. Like a good mystery?? "Frankie" is a unique whodunit.----------------------------------------------------------------------------———————————————————— Let's Fix Education explains to Americans why their schools are so bad. The people in charge prefer mediocrity because they are socialists of one kind or another. If people work together to promote real education, we'll have it.Support the show